This is where this board is useful. I didn't know this, and now can take the relevant data into account...<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Miymaani:
In the case of Andorians/human matings, cobalt causes brain damage and birth defects to humans (that's why that cobalt glass is all in the windows of antique shops rather than on Mom's table: it took a while to figure it out. )
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As for non-productive matings, that just requires sexual compatibility, I wouldn't consider it akin to bestiality, my reasons for this are simple.
It is a mating of two intelligent beings, not one intelligent and one animal... It is a difference, and to be honest I hadn't even considered the 'social outcast' view of things before... It could be interesting to explore, but most certainly isn't for me...
Of course extremes are right out.
In the past I have turned away 1/4 Betazoid, Klingon, Vulcan and Deltan crossbreeds... No Surprise, and even a 1/2 Klingon/Vulcan that depended on Vulcan women undergoing ponn far, which I dont accept in my universe...
On the whole halfbreeds are more than a +6 advantage to get the best of the stats, there does need to be a rational about them...
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